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Protesters at ‘People’ Headquarters Angry Over Ryan Gosling’s ‘Sexiest Man of the Year’ Loss

While the city burns to the ground and Michael Bloomberg says there’s nothing going on, really, it’s not just Occupy Wall Streeters who have taken up the picket signs. Today, fans of Ryan Gosling protested outside People Magazine’s headquarters to demonstrate their unhappiness with Bradley Cooper winning the ‘Sexiest Man of the Year’ Read More

Matt Damon: ‘Sexiest Man Alive’

Joining the lofty ranks of Hollywood dreamboats like George Clooney and Brad Pitt, Matt Damon has been named People magazine’s newest “sexiest man alive.” No longer the boyish beefcake he was in Mystic Pizza or even Good Will Hunting, Mr. Damon, 37, told the magazine: “You gave an aging suburban dad the ego boost of Read More

The Children Aren’t Our Future: Time Inc. Kills [em]Teen People[/em]

This afternoon, Time Inc. announced it was discontinuing Teen People magazine after the September issue. The title will survive on the Web, however. The full memo follows:

To: Time Inc. Employees
From: Ann Moore and John Huey
Re: Teen People

We regret to inform you that we are suspending publication of Teen Read More

“It’s a Number”

Shortly before 9:00 a.m. this morning, the Pentagon announced that the number of U.S. troops who have died in Iraq has reached 2,500.

In the wake of the announcement, the following happened:

Fox News released the results of a Fox News poll touting a five point rise in Bush’s approval ratings.

White House spokesperson Read More

Nature of a Sista’

If and when Queen Latifah runs for U.S. Senate, she’ll have the Carolyn Maloney endorsement locked up.

Read all about it in People magazine. (Seriously.)

Sandy the Dandy

Sandy Dalal pulled a U-turn on Myrtle Avenue in Brooklyn Heights in his navy blue 1986 Toyota Land Cruiser. He was shopping for a bathtub for his first apartment, a loft in his parents’ building near the Strand Book Store in Greenwich Village. In the back seat a paint-by-numbers version of The Last Supper , Read More

Eggnog and Ego

Wednesday, December 10

Dateline NBC The Dateline cult-i.e., the roughly 400 employees who put this NBC cash cow on your TV set four nights a week-finally get to lay their eyes on their gods, anchors Jane Pauley and Stone Phillips, and executive producer Neal Shapiro, who is referred to around the offices simply Read More